Auction # 2519 WORLDWIDE + ARGENTINA: Special May auction

Yvert 235/239 + A.157/64, 1947 Roosevelt, the complete set with MUESTRA overprint and punch hole, excellent!

SELECTION OF GOOD VALUES: Yv.1 (x2), 2 (x3), 4 (x4), 5 (x5), 7 (x2), 8, 9 (x3) and 11, most mint and issued without gum, very interesting. There is a wide range of perforations and papers, including some rare. A specialized classification will reveal good values and nice surprises. The general quality is fine to very fine, it may include a minor defect. High Yvert catalog value Euros 1,500++

Yvert 1, 2 (x2), 3 (with SPECIMEN ovpt.), 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 11. The general quality is fine to very fine, 4 are used, attractive group for the specialist. Catalog value above Euros 700!

FREE FRANK OF ISMAIL PASHA: 2 Long entire letters sent on 21/MAY and 12/JUL/1861 by the Khedive Ismail Pasha to a German engineer called Simon Katzeinstein, who had been hired by the Sultan to oversee the construction works of a power plant and a lighthouse in Rhodes, the first letter with free frank mark on front, the other one without marks. We also include the original contract between Prince Ismail and Mr. Katzenstein dated 15/AU/1860,...

Sc.22, 1864/5 5c. blue, printed on bluish paper, mint WITH original gum (rare!), very fine quality!

Sc.6 + 7 + 9, the first two with gum, the latter without gum. All with minor defects (thinned or with creases), but of very good appeal, very rare!

Yvert 60Ab, 1871 Ceres 25c. blue, TETE-BECHE vertical pair, used, very fine quality, with Bernard Behr certificate, catalog value Euros 4,500

Airmail cover sent from Paris to Argentina on 20/FE/1932 with notable postage of 61.90Fr., on back arrival mark of Buenos Aires for 28/FE, the envelope has small defects that do not affect the stamps, fantastic!

3/JA/1936 London - Argentina, by Air France, airmail cover flown on first transatlantic 100% airmail service between Europe and South America, with special violet handstamp, on back transit mark of Paris 4/JA and Buenos Aires arrival 8/JA, VF quality!

Sc.1, 13 Used examples, range of shades and cancels, the expert will surely find scarce printings, fine to VF general quality, catalog value US$422+

Yvert 1/7, 1884 complete set, used, VF quality!

Passport granted in 1937 to a citizen called Vera Erdos, "music teacher and artist", who travelled to a number of European countries, and eventually emigrated to Argentina in 1938. It bears revenue stamps of Hungary, Turkey, France, Romania, Bulgaria and Argentina, a number of visa marks, etc etc., very fine quality, very interesting!